Cross-border intelligence

More than half of sellers, yet only 40% of revenue: who is making the money in pet product exports?

A turning point for pet product exports has arrived! Understanding shifts in overseas pet care demand through consumption signals from four major platforms

1 day countdown! Anker sells 63.62 million annually on the new platform, and Chinese sellers can open stores directly

Growth is not a trend on paper, but an individual fact that is happening right now!

Beware of pitfalls! The latest patents for 6 kitchenware categories have just been granted!

Nearly $1M in Pokémon and sports cards vanish from FedEx truck, driver discovers missing lock

A FedEx driver discovered a missing cargo-door lock and nearly $1 million in stolen trading cards outside a California grading facility. Detectives are reviewing his account and seeking surveillance footage to determine how the shipment dis

Otter Secures $320 Million to Turn AI Notetaker Into Enterprise Knowledge Engine

Otter.ai secured $320 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF) to accelerate the growth of its artificial intelligence notetaker and conversational knowledge platform, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct.

178-2026: Declared ports for the ship sanitation certification scheme

21 October 2026 Who does this notice affect? All vessel owners, operators, masters, and shipping agents who represent international, commercial vessel operators preparing for arrival into Australian territory. What has changed? The authoris

Trade Facilitation Committee advances TFA review and discusses implementation support

WTO members meeting in the Committee on Trade Facilitation on 21-22 October advanced work on the second review of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and reaffirmed their commitment to completing the review by the end of the year. They a

Cloudflare links vulnerability discovery to defense with OpenAI

Cloudflare uses OpenAI Daybreak to investigate vulnerabilities and propose fixes for review. Its developers use Codex to build faster and improve code quality.

Democratic governance of frontier AI, part II: Empowering cyber defenders

OpenAI outlines a blueprint for empowering cyber defenders with frontier AI, stronger safeguards, modernized cybersecurity, and more resilient public institutions.

The Philippines launches safeguard investigation on pork

On 21 October 2026, the Philippines notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it had initiated on 9 October 2026 a safeguard investigation on imports of pork.

Import VAT Manual

Guidance on the VAT on imported goods and import VAT reliefs.

Capital One Pushes Deeper Into AI as Card Spending Grows

Capital One’s cardholders continued spending in the third quarter while credit losses declined, giving the bank room to pursue two expensive strategic priorities: building more volume on the Discover network and investing further in generat

Expedia Group Automates Hotel Onboarding to Speed Marketplace Entry

Properties can now join Expedia Group’s global travel marketplace through their existing connectivity software, with a few clicks, and go live in less than 24 hours, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) press release. This simpler path i

Working out the VAT value using the customs value of the imported goods

How to use the customs value to calculate VAT for imported goods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.

Nestlé Hands Its Overdue Invoices to SAP’s AI Agents

A company the size of Nestlé cannot chase every late invoice at once. Collections teams have limited time, so the order of the calls matters. Nestlé is turning to artificial intelligence agents inside its new SAP finance system to prioritiz

America’s Car-Mart Considers Sale as Inflation Hits Subprime Borrowers

Used car dealer and subprime lender America’s Car-Mart and its lenders are in talks for a sale that would allow the company to continue running, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Oct. 20), citing unnamed sources. The discussions center on a deal

Meta’s Muse Reaches 10 Million Downloads Faster Than ChatGPT

Meta’s personal artificial intelligence assistant Muse was downloaded more than 10 million times in the United States and Canada during the first 35 days it was available, digital market insights platform Sensor Tower said in a Monday (Oct.

SpaceX Reports $4.4 Billion Profit as AI and Starlink Businesses Expand

SpaceX reported strong third-quarter financial results on Tuesday, October 20, with revenue increasing 161% year-over-year to $14.6 billion and net income reaching $4.4 billion. The results were driven by rapid growth in the company’s artif

Beyond the KV cache: Training and serving i14’s Laplace 3B linear attention model on AWS Trainium2 with native PyTorch

Learn how i14 trained and served Laplace 3B, a linear attention model, on AWS Trainium2 using native PyTorch. Its recurrent state stays fixed at 29.5 MB per sequence regardless of context length, avoiding the growing key-value cache of tran

EXCLUSIVE: K+N appoints new US leader – more top changes coming

All eyes on third-quarter updates in freight forwarding from DSV and Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) over the next 48 hours, it’s also the right time to disclose leadership changes, based on the Premium feedback we received. Under the spotlight is the

A. Duie Pyle expands LTL network with new Ohio, Pennsylvania facilities

A. Duie Pyle is expanding its regional freight network with a new Cincinnati-area LTL service center and an integrated warehouse facility in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. The post A. Duie Pyle expands LTL network with new Ohio, Pennsylvania faci

PACCAR builds a fleet app platform into Kenworth, Peterbilt

PACCAR Connect arrives in early 2027 and links Kenworth and Peterbilt drivers to Platform Science's Virtual Vehicle app marketplace, days before PACCAR reports Q3 results. The post PACCAR builds a fleet app platform into Kenworth, Peterbilt

Nearly half of employers say AI will make college degrees more important

Employers expressed more confidence in the higher education sector than the general public, according to a new Gallup and the Lumina Foundation poll.

Large employers are hiring part-time workers over seasonal ones, Indeed data shows

The shift indicates potential optimism about future staffing needs, an economist at the Indeed Hiring Lab said.